Mitt Romney doesn’t want to talk about his record as governor
Chris Christie plays bigot for inevitable 2016 effort
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/5
Ohio’s all-white cabinet first since 1960s
Wow.
[I]t is disconcerting -- in 2011 -- to look at a composite of the 20 permanent state agency heads whom Kasich has hired so far and see only white faces and barely a handful of women.
The new governor claims to be unfazed by this. He says he did not...
Nathan Daschle and the results of nepotism
Perhaps the reason that Democrats did so poorly in governor races last year is because the Democratic Governor's Association nepotistic hire didn't care about electing Democrats?
So what does the RNC's chair debate have anything to do with the need for a third party? Well,...
CT-Gov: Dem Dan Malloy win official, Foley finally concedes
One more hotly contested race finally comes to an end.
After Tom Foley's camp went through voting numbers in the heated governor's race in Connecticut, Foley has concede the race to Democrat Dan Malloy.
Foley said he plans to call Malloy this afternoon and congratulate him.
Foley said that,...
IL-Gov: Brady concedes, unlikeliest Dem hold of the night
Look at this trend:
Yet the voters had other ideas:
A misty-eyed Bill Brady conceded defeat Friday to Gov. Quinn after the tighest race for governor in Illinois in three decades.
“I just a few minutes ago got off the phone with Gov. Quinn, and I congratulated him...
OR-Gov: Dudley concedes
Here's one West coast race we won't have to keep watching. Republican Chris Dudley has conceded the race to Gov. John Kitzhaber.
He said he called Kitzhaber and wished him well and congratulated him on a well-fought campaign....
"It's been an incredible experience for all of us."
He said he’d...
OR-Gov: Oregonian predicts Kitzhaber win
The vote counting isn't done yet, but it's on a trajectory that the Oregon punditry feels confident in predicting that Kitzhaber will take it. And that's just what The Oregonian is doing.
Although Republican Chris Dudley continues to hold a slim lead, mathematical calculations based on statewide voting trends show Kitzhaber is...
OR-Gov: Still counting, but Kitzhaber could close it out
They're still counting in the Oregon governor's race but all that's left at this point is Multnomah County, i.e. the Portland area, and that bodes well for the Dem, John Kitzhaber.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat John Kitzhaber was whittling down a slim lead by Republican Chris Dudley as the last ballots...
CO-Gov: Peas in the crazy pod, Palin endorses Tancredo
They really do deserve each other.
This is change you can believe in. Just two years ago, Tom Tancredo was a veritable outcast of the Republican Party. Karl Rove was screaming at him, John McCain scoffed at him, GOP pollsters viewed him as a saboteur within their midst. Tancredo's one issue--a near-apocalyptic...
CO-Sen, Gov: PPP–Buck/Bennet too close to call, Hickenlooper leads
Colorado is divided into almost equal thirds, politically. Unaffiliated voters there have as much vote power as Republicans and Dems and run the gamut from right of the teabaggers to left of Michael Moore. They also hold the keys to the Colorado Senate race, according to PPP's new poll, because Bennet and Buck both...
